North Eastern region

Centre plans to double oil exploration acreage in North East region

The government has planned to set up a dedicated service provider hub in NER to support the requirement of Oil and Gas Industry in collaboration with state governments targeting to increase oil and gas production from the current 9 MMTOE (Million Metric Ton of Oil and equivalent) to 18 MMTOE in next five years, said Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in Guwahati on Friday.

# India

N-E will become the torch bearer of New India in post Covid era: Jitendra Singh

“It was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who gave the vision of “Act East”, soon after assuming power in 2014, thus imparting a new push to our approach and focus to our relations with neighbouring countries, which was earlier known as Look East Policy,” said Singh.

78 new routes approved under UDAN 4.0, North Eastern region, hilly states and islands given priority

This will further enhance the connectivity to remote and regional areas of the country.